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Non-Tech : Littlefield Corporation (LTFD)
LTFD 0.1700.0%Jan 23 9:30 AM EST

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To: jimmy who wrote (5516)12/13/1997 9:07:00 PM
From: T.K. Allen  Read Replies (1) of 10368
 
Jimmy - I have played some video poker, although it has been a few years since my last game. I think VP differs from the kind of game you and I might play some Saturday night over a few beers in the following ways:

1. The psychological element is totally gone in VP. Its pretty tough to bluff a computer!<g>

2. The VP games I played did not provide much flexibility in betting. They were pretty much just make-one-bet-and-try-for-the-best-hand sort of thing.

3. There was very little variation in the type of poker game you could play. In fact, the only variety I remember was 5 Card Draw. No such thing as 7 Card Stud, No Peek, Hi-Low, or any of the zillion other variations.

About the only skill involved was having to make a judgement as to which cards to keep to give yourself the best possible odds of achieving a winning hand. Like I said, I haven't seen the machines being used in SC but I suspect they are much more advanced than what I played in Vegas a few years back. This may be why the are so popular. I keep trying to schedule a trip to SC to visit some BNGO shops but I haven't been able to pull it off yet.

TKA
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